Annie Khalid: Biography and Profile:
Name: Noor–ul–Ain Khalid(Annie)
Date of Birth: June 27th, 1987
Place of Birth: Lahore
Residence: Lahore
Nationality: Pakistani
Religion: Islam
Famous for: Singing
Annie Khalid or Noor-ul-Ain Khalid is a famous Pakistani singer. She has a good voice quality. She got fame and name with her very first song Maahiya. She has also worked in India and also did modeling with big names of Fashion industry.
Annie was born in Lahore on 27 March 1987. She came to UK at the age of 6 months. She grew up in East London and later moved to Essex with her parents. She went to Plashet girl’s school where she used to be one of the most influential girls in the form. Her teachers used to warn her to be careful of her footsteps because there were a lot of girls who would follow her. Annie used to be a little devil at school and occasionally bunked at lunchtime to get her friends ‘kebab rolls,’ from the local takeaway.
After shooting a small video, with the help of her father, Annie released the song in Pakistan, having no idea what was in store for her. With her simple rendition and style of singing, along with catchy lyrics, the song became an instant hit. It started getting ripped from the video to be sold separately. Mahiya became the most accessed Pakistani pop song on the Internet for in 2005 and 2006. She won “The Most Wanted Song 2006” viewers choice award at TMA Pakistan, “The Most Wanted Female” 2006 and 2008, “Pride Of Performance” from the 14th August Committee Oslo, Norway and many more awards as her career progressed. Hollywood cinema moguls Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt expressed their desire to use Annie’s song Mahiya, for their movie “Awarapan.”
Annie flew to India to record the song properly and a video, before the release of the movie and consequently gained more fame and fan following from her neighboring country. After the success of Mahiya, Annie started working with various charities, raising awareness for education and health.
Also within this short span of time, Annie became a household name and endorsed high profile brands, becoming the most popular female artist in Pakistan to date.
She walked at the 2010 L'Oréal Karachi fashion week for BNS couture and in 2011 for Ammar Belal. She was featured in LOOK magazine in June 2011. The same month, she launched her café in Lahore, which is located in one of the most popular areas and was an instant hit among the young. In August 2011, she signed a contract with Lebara, a telecommunication company, in Norway, for their current campaign. Besides newspapers and billboards, she can be seen on every bus, tube, train and their stations in Norway. She has endorsed brands such as Pepsi, Telenor and Tony & Guy.
On 25 December 2012, in a morning show with Maya Khan, Annie broke news about violence in her wedded life stating that her husband started torturing her in August 2012 and continued his brutal and inhuman behavior. According to Annie, he forced her to twist her body into a murga punishment position as torture. The news of a famous singer becoming murga spread over the social network, with Annie claiming that she was forced to become murga a couple of times. She escaped their house and fled to London. She was on Skype and added that she has received threats from her husband, including that she is not allowed to return in Pakistan
Her latest song is Tharki Sala in the year 2014 .
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